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October 27, 2026

2026-10-27-DM

October 27, 2025 – Always in Your Presence

/ Daily Meditations

Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

 

Luke 13:18-21

Jesus said, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a person took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.” Again, he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch of dough was leavened.”

Opening Prayer: Lord, I believe in your goodness, I hope in your grace, and I love you for having loved me. Thank you for the gift of life. Help me have the humility to recognize that all good things come from you. Help me to be docile to your timing and to the spiritual process that is developing in my soul.

Encountering Christ:

  1. The Kingdom of God: The Church started with a mustard seed—one person, Jesus Christ. He proclaimed the Kingdom of God so that it began to grow, first with the Twelve Apostles, Mary, and the other holy women who followed Christ. Over time, it grew into an institution with a hierarchy, with dioceses and parishes. The Kingdom of God takes time to grow. It is ever developing. The same is true for each person who comes to know Christianity: Once the seed is planted, it needs time to develop in the individual’s heart until the full truth of the Gospel is embraced and the Kingdom of God reigns in them.

     

  2. Spiritual Growth: Our own maturation in faith and virtue is similar to the process of the mustard seed. We go through stages, forming our minds and hearts and conforming them to the mind and heart of Christ. Gradually habits of virtue develop and the exercise of the theological virtues deepens. We become strong, rooting ourselves in faith even amidst difficult circumstances. Sometimes we’d like to run ahead, but we grow in holiness at the pace of the Holy Spirit. “The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit” (Jn 3:8).

     

  3. Shade and Nourishment: Today’s Gospel passage points out that when the mustard seed became a large bush, birds came to dwell in its branches, receiving shade and refreshment. The large bush was life-giving. Just as human beings go through a process of maturation before becoming parents, so too our spiritual life develops gradually to the point that it becomes life-giving. All true love brings forth new life. Being in love with God and living a life in communion with him generates spiritual motherhood and fatherhood. Others can find refreshment in “our branches.” “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing” (Jn 15:5).

Conversing with Christ: Dear Lord, grant me the grace to become a refuge for souls who seek your love. I want to remain in you, to live in communion with you, and to bear fruit for the Kingdom of God.

Resolution: Lord, today by your grace I will visit an Adoration chapel to root myself in your presence in my life.

 

For Further Reflection: The podcast on Discerning Hearts entitled Dr. Mitchell A. Kalpakgian —The Virtues We Need Again on Inside the Pages with Kris McGregoron expounds on the building blocks we need to grow in the spiritual life.

Renee Pomarico is Communications Director for the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi. She is from Philadelphia, has been consecrated to God since 2000, and is currently stationed in Rome.

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A Simple Humanizing Presence

/ Regnum Christi News, Weekly Message

Dear Friends,

 

Two years ago, I needed a minor procedure and found myself with six other adults in hospital gowns, waiting in wheelchairs outside the surgical area for over two hours. The attending doctor was called out on emergency, and instead of canceling our appointments, they kept us on hold, and then one by one we went through.

In preparation for the procedure, we had left our personal belongings, including our phones, in a locker. When I arrived at the waiting area, there were already three women there. The conversation started slowly with inquiries about what they were getting done. They noticed my accent and asked where I was from. A couple of others arrived, and one of the women started sharing more. Her daughter was accompanying her that day. Her husband had passed away a year before. She teared up speaking about him. Another woman shared about her difficulties finding work. The young man to my left explained how he got injured and talked about where he was at with his girlfriend and professional life. They were surprised to hear that I was a consecrated woman and interested in my mission in the house of formation.

As I was called into the operating room, one of the nurses jokingly noted that it was time to say goodbye before she wheeled me away. During the two hours of waiting, the nurses glanced over at our little group and showed surprise and a bit of amusement at what was happening between us.

When I got back home, I asked myself if that would have happened if our phones had not been taken away. I don’t think so. There was something importantly human about what had happened that day. I hoped to be a catalyst for something similar moving forward: a simple, humanizing presence.

I believe this intentionality in our daily encounters can be deeply evangelizing, and something that we can continue to contemplate in our Lord’s encounters with others in the Gospels, and to learn from him.

Yours in the heart of Christ,

Glory

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Regnum Christi Spirituality Center Uncle Eddy

St Frumentius

/ Uncle Eddy

Dear Frummel, How nice to hear that you aced your midterms.  Of course, don’t think I’m blind.  I know very well that you barely studied at all – just enough, in fact, to do better than everyone else.  But, as I have told you hundreds of times, God doesn’t need you just to do better than everybody else; he needs you to do your best.  If he gave you extraordinary intellectual capacities, it’s for a reason, and if you leave them only partially developed, although that might insure your own honor and comfort, it will compromise his plan for your life and your contribution to the Kingdom.  Study for life, for God’s glory – not just to ace your exams!  Ugh.  It pains me to see you frittering away your potential.  You are a college student; your primary duty is your intellectual formation (not to minimize your character and faith formation, but “students” are supposed to be “learning through studying”).  If you faithfully fulfill your duty, God will be able to lead you along the path he has planned out for you – if not, who knows what will happen?  That reminds me of today’s saint, actually. A Palestinian philosopher named Meropius had two young disciples, Frumentius and Aedesius.  He took them on a voyage to the coastlands of Arabia as part of their education (and a nice trip for him), and on the way back the ship stopped off in Ethiopia (where the Red Sea meets the Indian ocean).  While docked, the natives massacred the sailors and all the passengers (including Meropius – philosophy did not save him) and looted their merchandise.  It so happened that the two boys were not with sailors at the time of the attack; they were off STUDYING (as they should have been) under a tree on the other side of the lea.  When the victorious (and glutted) Ethiopians found the boys, they brought them to their king, who was duly impressed with their Christian bearing, prudence, and gentility.  He hired them on (well, they didn’t exactly have much choice in the matter) as cupbearer and secretary.  They served their king well, and as their influence and reputation increased, they began to make inroads in evangelizing the country.  Out of gratitude, the dying king granted them their freedom, but they acquiesced to the queen’s petition and remained on to help keep affairs in order as the young prince grew into manhood.  When he eventually took the throne, Aedesius returned to Palestine.  But Frumentius wanted nothing more than the conversion of the entire people to the true faith, and so he traveled north to Alexandria and begged St Athanasius (Patriarch there) to send a bishop to the Ethiopians.  St Athanasius was in tune with the Holy Spirit, and ordained Frumentius to the episcopate, assigning him the very task.  He returned and began the slow but effective work, bolstering his heartfelt sermons with more than a few miracles, and made much progress (though not without encountering opposition) before he died some years later. Just think, my precocious little nephew – if Frumentius had been gaming with the sailors or otherwise neglecting the duties of his state in life, he would have been massacred with the rest and this whole chapter of Church history would have never been written.  Humph.  May this saint’s example not go to waste. Sincerely your Uncle, Eddy

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Would Having 7 Drinks a Day Be Sinful?

/ Ask a Priest

Q: If someone were to consume seven to eight alcoholic drinks per day for extended periods of time, will that be considered grave matter and mortally sinful? If this amount of alcohol did not affect this person in such a way as to disable their ability to know right from wrong, would it still be sinful? Would it be mortally sinful from a health standpoint? — Colin

Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC:

Obviously, every person is unique and has a particular reaction to alcohol.

That said, seven to eight drinks sound like a lot. Many people would consider it to be a sign of problem drinking if not outright alcoholism.

Even if it doesn’t seem to impair a person’s ability to know right from wrong, the example of drinking such an amount could scandalize others, especially young people. And yes, that amount could affect a person’s health and violate the commandment “Thou shall not kill.”

We are called to avoid giving scandal to others and to take reasonable steps to protect our health. Both could be the stuff of mortal sin.

In any case, a person habitually drinking that much should speak with his confessor and his doctor.

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Alex Kucera has lived in Atlanta, GA, for the last 46 years. He is one of 9 children, married to his wife Karmen, and has 3 girls, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way. Alex joined Regnum Christi in 2007. Out of the gate, he joined the Helping Hands Medical Missions apostolate and is still participating today with the Ghana Friendship Mission.

In 2009, Alex was asked to be the Atlanta RC Renewal Coordinator for the Atlanta Locality to help the RC members with the RC renewal process. Alex became a Group Leader in 2012 for four of the Atlanta Men’s Section Teams and continues today. Running in parallel, in 2013, Alex became a Team Leader and shepherded a large team of good men.

Alex was honored to be the Atlanta Mission Coordinator between 2010 to 2022 (12 years), coordinating 5-8 Holy Week Mission teams across Georgia. He also created and coordinated missions at a parish in Athens, GA, for 9 years. Alex continues to coordinate Holy Week Missions, Advent Missions, and Monthly missions at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cumming, GA.

From 2016 to 2022, Alex also served as the Men’s Section Assistant in Atlanta. He loved working with the Men’s Section Director, the Legionaries, Consecrated, and Women’s Section leadership teams.

Alex is exceptionally grateful to the Legionaries, Consecrated, and many RC members who he’s journeyed shoulder to shoulder, growing his relationship with Christ and others along the way. He knows that there is only one way, that’s Christ’s Way, with others!